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One important idea is that science is a means whereby learning is achieved, not by mere theoretical speculation on the one hand, nor by the undirected accumulation of practical facts on the other, but rather by a motivated iteration between theory and practice.

George E. P. Box

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George E. P. Box
Age: 93 †
Born: 1919
Born: October 18
Died: 2013
Died: March 28
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